Highly disingenuous to put genocide in quotation marks. Just like how you speak of Israeli hostages, but Palestinian detainees.

For backstory Music in the Castle of Heaven by John Eliot Gardiner is wonderful. But you’re absolutely right - David Watkin’s recording of Cello Suites, Hilary Hahn plays Bach and Richter’s Well Tempered Clavier are lighthouse recordings.

How wonderful! I totally relate! For the Goldbergs, Gould is justifiably famous but a sort of Starbucks approach. Coffee for people who don’t like coffee. Olafsson is too fast in my opinion. Andras Schiff recorded it twice (as did Gould) and i’d say his ECM recording is my fave.